Improvement in packing bar-lead



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICEo zEEULoN KINsEY, on DUBUQUE, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN PACKING BAR-LEAD.

Spccilication forming part ol' Letters Patent No. 23,031, dated February221, 1859.

E?) all whom, it 71'1/@31/ concern:

Be it known that I, ZEEULoN KINsEY, of Dubuque, Dubuque county, State ofIowa, have invented a new and improved method of putting up packages ofcast or wrought bars, pigs or ingots of lead, tin7 zinc, or other metal;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing,and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

First. I prepare a bar or bolt in the form substantially of that. markedBin the drawing, having at one end a head, (see H,) and at the other enda slit. (See K.)

Second. I prepare the ingots which I wish to make up into packages withsuch perforalions, or perforate them in such manner and place, that whenseveral of them are laid together the perforations are brought injuxtaposition.

The drawing marked C represents an ingot with perforations near eachend, marked S.

Third. To make up the package I pass the said bolt into the perforationsof as many ingots as I wish in one bundle, pressing it `home to thehead, holding the package firmly in this position. I open the end of thebolt at the slit K, and bend the respective halves in oppositedirections, forcing them closely down upon the upper ingot. When this isdone the 4package is complete and ready tortransportation.

The drawing marked A is a representation of one form ot' Vsu'ch package.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The useof the bar or bolt B, made substantially as described, wheninserted in perforations made in bars or ingots, and clinched or`

